Cooking City: Restaurant Games

This is a fun game! It’s just like all the other cooking games if this type. It has subtle ways of making you spend money, of course, that’s what games do. It’s what I call a smart game, for example, if you don’t have enough coins to upgrade the soda machine, the next level will slam you with soda orders, so you have 2 options: spend actual cash to upgrade it. Or you spend time playing past levels. As soon as you upgrade the soda machine though, orders go back to normal. Which is fine. Most games are like that. The most irritating part of this game tho, it’s probably too new. There aren’t that many restaurants. And last release was just ONE. They claim it had 120 levels. No it doesn’t. Plain simple lie. It has ONLY 40 levels. But you can play each level 3 times. Now it seems they are planning another update for the end of the month, again with just ONE more restaurant. Seriously? If I were you I wouldn’t download this just yet. Wait 6 months or so until they have more stuff to offer.

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I love this game! But.....now that I have advance the levels has become way to hard. To complete a level the spending of my money now would be in excess of any game I have played for the return I am receiving. I am fast and have good strategies skills. I buy boosts, use them, and still end up not completing the level by one or two customers. Then asked to used 35 of my gems for either a few more customers or more time. And sometimes that even is not enough and asked again to use more of my gems. Game asks for to many gems for what they costs and you get. The game has become a money maker for the developer instead of a game for the customer. I will play just for fun but won’t buy gems to advance to new levels. So sorry this game has become so greedy to make money. Just received a reply. Poor reply. Like I haven’t done all that was said in reply. Do you know what level I am on. One of the highest. Like I said before I have good strategy skills and I am fast but to complete means spending, spending for very little in return. Reread my original again and answer about the cost for what you give in return other then getting my money. As you might gather...your response doesn’t address my concerns.

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I rarely write reviews. Brevity isn’t my strong suit, so forgive me. This game was so much fun in the beginning, but now I feel trapped after spending so much money. After maxing out on upgrades, levels can be so hard, that I have to use a lot of boosts to complete it. The levels in each restaurant are excessive. Why not place the surprise box at the end of the restaurant? I speak for myself when saying that after collecting each star, I think I am moving on to a new restaurant, only to be let down. I don’t need the “Surprise! You have more purchases to make!” I don’t look forward to another 10 levels, more expensive than the one before. This should be a game EVERYONE enjoys, not just those gifted in speed and strategy. Let’s be honest, people pay for an advantage, not out of necessity. I have lost interest and am most frustrated. I only play because of my monetary investment. Ironically enough, another cooking game advertised on the overwhelming ads needed for such a small return is one that I now play. If I would have written a review after a few levels, my rating would have easily been four or five stars. Hopefully, the game can be tempered for future enjoyment.

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Play at your own risk. It is a fun game to an extent. If you pay to play it would be more fun. But be prepared to pay and pay and pay. They designed this game that way is my opinion. It’s odd how I’m trying to complete various levels as they get harder and I just miss by 1 or 2 items to complete that level. And it happens over and over and there are times where none of the boosts will help you but the diamonds will, if you buy enough of them. Otherwise you just keep playing the same thing over and over and can’t move forward. Don’t know about you but that’s boring and very aggravating that you can’t continue unless you pay to play. So I’ve sent customer support my experience and my dislike of a number of things. I’ve written a review before but felt I need to do it again. Notice that they don’t put their reviews in chronological order, wonder why that is? Take a look through the reviews and you’ll see why. I’ve deleted the game. There are similar games that offer more opportunities to win the things you need to play without paying for them, I choose those games instead, and the customer support has been very nice and helpful, unlike this one. Best of luck!

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This game has so much promise, but unfortunately it is required that you pay a lot of money to enjoy it. I get that in-app purchases are how these games make money, but most free to play games are not this impossible. I’ve even noticed the game will adjust to purposely sabotage you. Example: you need to make a certain amount of money for the round - all customers order the cheapest item. Another example: you need to serve a certain number of customers - the game doesn’t give you enough to pass even though you serve every customer right away. And yes, this is even with having max upgrades. The game requires not only max upgrades, but MULTIPLE boosts to have any hope of passing levels. It’s frustrating because the gameplay and graphics are so good, but I’m not sinking hundreds of dollars into a game only for the frustration to continue. If this game was $50 flat and you didn’t need to purchase any additional boosts, I would buy it in a heartbeat, but as it stands now, it’s not worth the investment. Really hope the game developers lower the difficulty or give more complimentary bonuses, until then, the game isn’t worth it.